comme il fautadv.adj.

/kɒm iːl ˈfəʊ/

Etymology: French, lit. ‘as it is necessary’.

‘As it should be’, proper(ly); according to etiquette; correct(ly) in deportment or behaviour. Also as n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > with correct behaviour [phrase]

comme il faut1756

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > pleasing fitness > [adverb] > in seemly or decorous manner

comelyOE

menskful?c1225

seemlyc1320

menskfullya1375

tallya1375

comelilyc1400

comelywise1440

handsomely1525

decently1552

civilly1593

decent1716

comme il faut1756

decorously1808

wise-like1822

spiffily1977

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > pleasing fitness > [adjective] > seemly or decorous

seemly?c1225

comelya1350

seemc1400

setting1535

comingc1540

decent1545

civil1582

handsome1583

mensefula1598

sprunt1631

semblable1647

proper1738

orthodox1755

decorous1792

comme il faut1818

wise-like1820

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > pleasing fitness > [noun] > seemliness or propriety > that which has

decorum1601

respectabilities1809

the becoming1842

comme il faut1857

1756 H. Walpole Lett. (1857) III. 8 True critics..maintain that we are not dead comme il faut.

1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy III. iii. 158 I would not present in my own exclusive circle one who was not in all points comme il faut.

1824 L.-M. Hawkins Annaline I. 96 It would have been more comme il faut for me to have taken that step.

a1845 R. H. Barham Ld. Thoulouse in Ingoldsby Legends 3rd ser. Everything there they found quite comme il faut.

1857 W. Bagehot Coll. Wks. (1965) II. 17 To touch lightly the light things of society, to see the comme-il-faut.

1857 T. B. Macaulay Jrnl. Oct. in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) II. xiv. 449 I make large allowance for the difference of manners; but it never can have been comme il faut in any age or nation for a man of note..to be constantly asking for money.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. i. 14 ‘Who are these Langens? Does anybody know them?’ ‘They are quite comme il faut.’

1914 G. B. Shaw Fanny's Last Play iii, in Misalliance 207 Miss Knox is a lady absolutely comme il faut.

1935 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Sept. 598/1 Two extremes of womanhood, Clancy Todd the Irish tom-boy and Catherine, the beautiful English lady comme il faut.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	comme il faut
释义	comme il fautadv.adj. /kɒm iːl ˈfəʊ/ Etymology: French, lit. ‘as it is necessary’. ‘As it should be’, proper(ly); according to etiquette; correct(ly) in deportment or behaviour. Also as n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > with correct behaviour [phrase] comme il faut1756 the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > pleasing fitness > [adverb] > in seemly or decorous manner comelyOE menskful?c1225 seemlyc1320 menskfullya1375 tallya1375 comelilyc1400 comelywise1440 handsomely1525 decently1552 civilly1593 decent1716 comme il faut1756 decorously1808 wise-like1822 spiffily1977 the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > pleasing fitness > [adjective] > seemly or decorous seemly?c1225 comelya1350 seemc1400 setting1535 comingc1540 decent1545 civil1582 handsome1583 mensefula1598 sprunt1631 semblable1647 proper1738 orthodox1755 decorous1792 comme il faut1818 wise-like1820 the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > pleasing fitness > [noun] > seemliness or propriety > that which has decorum1601 respectabilities1809 the becoming1842 comme il faut1857 1756 H. Walpole Lett. (1857) III. 8 True critics..maintain that we are not dead comme il faut. 1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy III. iii. 158 I would not present in my own exclusive circle one who was not in all points comme il faut. 1824 L.-M. Hawkins Annaline I. 96 It would have been more comme il faut for me to have taken that step. a1845 R. H. Barham Ld. Thoulouse in Ingoldsby Legends 3rd ser. Everything there they found quite comme il faut. 1857 W. Bagehot Coll. Wks. (1965) II. 17 To touch lightly the light things of society, to see the comme-il-faut. 1857 T. B. Macaulay Jrnl. Oct. in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) II. xiv. 449 I make large allowance for the difference of manners; but it never can have been comme il faut in any age or nation for a man of note..to be constantly asking for money. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. i. 14 ‘Who are these Langens? Does anybody know them?’ ‘They are quite comme il faut.’ 1914 G. B. Shaw Fanny's Last Play iii, in Misalliance 207 Miss Knox is a lady absolutely comme il faut. 1935 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Sept. 598/1 Two extremes of womanhood, Clancy Todd the Irish tom-boy and Catherine, the beautiful English lady comme il faut. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adv.adj.1756
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